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«Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilization . . . Without it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.»
«I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.»
«It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility»
Author: Joseph Conrad | Keywords: futility, occurred
«Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because your god having to be one or the other of the two, in the first instance I should be mad to believe in him, and in the second a fool»
«Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.»
«When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives.»
«Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.»
«Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.»
«A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.»

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